Nature's FBI

Students will watch rangers respond to a windstorm as they explore examples of forest succession and decomposition in the old growth mountain hemlock forest of Crater Lake National Park. Students participate by head outside with simple tools to identify and photograph fungi, bacteria, and invertebrates, as well as analyze their findings through pondering three open-ended questions.

1. Where does soil come from?

2. What came first, soil or the forest?

3. Why are decomposers important to me?

Next Generation Science Standard 5-LS2-1
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Materials
Students will need

• Device that can stream video from the internet (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.)

• Camera

• Jar

• Tweezers

• Pencil

• Notebook

 

Duration:

9 minutes, 40 seconds

Students will watch rangers explore examples of forest succession and decomposition in the old growth mountain hemlock forest of Crater Lake National Park. Students participate by head outside with simple tools to identify and photograph fungi, bacteria, and invertebrates, as well as analyze their findings through pondering three open-ended questions. 1. Where does soil come from? 2. What came first, soil or the forest? 3. Why are decomposers important to me?